Month: March 2012

Corrected: I spoke with Chris Kemper from the Cincinnati Chamber– the food trucks aren’t finalized yet, but they are in negotiations. Just heard this from Tom Acito, the owner of Cafe de Wheels: The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce is negotiating with food trucks to serve […]

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My friend Monika pointed me out to some really cool menus for sale on eBay— all from landmark Cincinnati restaurants, most of which are now closed. Frisch’s Mt. Vernon Iron Horse Inn in Glendale (looks to be from the 60s) El Greco (I remember my […]

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Findlay Market isn’t just a place to buy produce and spices and gelato, but also a small business incubator. That’s why you’ll see small businesses occasionally leave and head to bigger locations, or expand, like Taste of Belgium did. In speaking with Cheryl Eagleson, the […]

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As an unabashed Francophile, I keep up on what is going on in my favorite city– via blogs, friends in Paris, or occasionally coverage in a US publication, like the New York Times. I remembered reading about Diner en Blanc in the Times last year, […]

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Oof. I may still be full from this meal and I ate it a week ago. The Better Half has been obsessed with going to this place ever since he heard Mo Egger talk about it on the radio during a segment with Donna Covrett […]

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I took a day off a few weeks ago and, finding myself downtown, decided that I needed to eat lunch out. I tweeted that I was doing so, and immediately got two nearly identical responses: “Go try the lunch tray at Jean-Robert’s Table.” Easy enough. […]

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Yelp is always doing cool stuff– Yelp Eats, the Yelp Drinks promotion, and lots of other, smaller events around the city. This time, they’re giving back to the community and presenting a pretty cool event that highlights some of the smaller non-profits in the Cincinnati […]

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Race Street is getting a second restaurant, just in time for the opening of Washington Park. The Anchor, an “urban seafood restaurant”, will open at 14th and Race. The owner, Derek dos Anjos, grew up in Cincinnati and recently moved back after 15 years in […]

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It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, and while I suppose I could provide you with a recipe for colcannon, or a recommendation for an Irish pub, I think I’ll focus on what everyone else seems to be concerned with on St. Patrick’s Day: drinking. Okay, not […]